Obituaries: Monday, Nov. 12

Monday

Nov 12, 2012 at 12:22 PMNov 12, 2012 at 12:23 PM

Irma Parrish

Irma ParrishIrma Parrish of Bay Mills passed away suddenly on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. She worked and retired from Intertribal Council of Michigan as director of the Head Start program. Irma was the first woman chairperson for Bay Mills Indian Community. She was a Brimley Bays fan even after all her children had graduated. She is survived by her loving husband of 54 years, Robert, sons Roger, Rory and Richard, all of Bay Mills; daughters Lorri (Barry) Burtt of Bay Mills and Lynda (Jason) Pesola of Brimley; grandchildren Eric (Lisa) Burtt of Traverse City, Bobby Burtt of Bay Mills, Rachel (Casey) Burtt of Bay Mills, Tara (Dennis) Parrish of Sault Ste. Marie, and Brookie Pesola of Brimley; great grandchildren, Evi, Andrew and Mattew Burtt of Traverse City and Quentin Burtt Lyons of Bay Mills; siblings Sandra (Elmer) LeBlanc, Geraldine Parish and Keith (Janis) Cameron all of Bay Mills. She is predeceased by her parents Herman and Frances Cameron, son Robert, brothers Carl Cameron, Herman Cameron, and sister Frances LeBlanc.Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 at St. Kateri Catholic Church with prayers at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 at St. Kateri Catholic Church with Father Augustine Jacob as Celebrant assisted by Deacon Aimie LaPlaunt. Burial will be in Mission Hill Cemetery. Memorials to the Salvation Army would be appreciated. Clark Bailey Newhouse Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

Death NoticesFlorine Bialek, age 78, of Rudyard died early Sunday morning at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. She was born Dec. 1, 1933 in Custer. Arrangements are handled by Dodson Funeral Home in St. Ignace.Raye M. DePlonty, age 50, of Sault Ste. Marie, died Friday evening, Nov. 9, 2012 at War Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at this time, but will be announced by C.S. Mulder Funeral Home and Cremation Services.